south-central Democratic Republic of the Congo

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South-central Democratic Republic of the Congo is a region of the country known for being a major cultural and linguistic center, particularly associated with the Tshiluba-speaking population.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
associatedEthnolinguisticGroup Luba people ⓘ
linked to: Luba-Kasai people
associatedLanguage Tshiluba ⓘ
colonialHistory was part of the Belgian Congo ⓘ
country Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
culturalRegionFor Tshiluba-speaking population ⓘ
dominantBantuLanguage Tshiluba ⓘ
economicActivity artisanal mining ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificanceFor Luba-Kasai people ⓘ
hasPopulationCharacteristic large Tshiluba-speaking population ⓘ
hasReligion Christianity ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
hasSubdivision Kasai Province ⓘ
linked to: Kasai region

Kasai region ⓘ
Kasai-Central Province ⓘ
Kasai-Occidental (former province) ⓘ
Kasai-Oriental (former province) ⓘ
Kasai-Oriental Province ⓘ
Lomami Province ⓘ
Sankuru Province ⓘ
historicallyAssociatedWith Luba Kingdom ⓘ
knownFor being a major cultural center in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
being a major linguistic center in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
languageFamilyOfMajorLanguage Bantu languages ⓘ
locatedIn Central Africa ⓘ
sub-Saharan Africa ⓘ
linked to: Sub-Saharan Africa
majorLanguageSpoken Tshiluba ⓘ
partOf Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Kasai cultural area ⓘ
linked to: Kasai region
timeZone Central Africa Time ⓘ
utcOffset +2 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tshiluba → primaryRegion → south-central Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Tanganyika → locatedIn → Haut-Katanga–Tanganyika region of DR Congo ⓘ
linked to: south-central Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ciluba → regionOfOrigin → south-central Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Luba → culturalArea → south-central Congo ⓘ
linked to: south-central Democratic Republic of the Congo
Songye → region → south-central Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Mbuji-Mayi → locatedInRegion → south-central Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Kananga → locatedIn → south-central Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ